Issue No. 622 Friday, 26 March 2004

Unemployment Down

Unemployment has declined significantly in the Cayman Islands, according to the results of the annual Labour Force Survey that were released this week.  The survey, conducted in October of last year by the Economics and Statistics Office, also showed a steady increase in the number of Caymanians employed in the country compared with the same period last year... read more...

Supporting Children’s Art

The 22nd National Children's Festival of the Arts opened with the Art and Craft exhibition, at the Harquail theatre, on Wednesday, 24 March.  Chris Mann, head of art at George Hicks High School and co-ordinator for the art exhibition said: "We have work from nearly all of the public and private schools in the Cayman Islands on display."...  read more...

Net News Forum Is Taking Off

The new on-line forum at the Cayman Net News website has successfully taken off with readers from around the world contributing posts... read more...

Lucky Teenager Anthony Picks Grand Cayman

A lucky American 13-year-old spent this week exploring Grand Cayman, after his grandfather gave him the choice of travelling anywhere in the world to "bring his studies to life."  Anthony Tomasula, a resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico, had the world at his fingertips but chose Grand Cayman as the place he wanted to discover... read more...

Bank of America denies prior knowledge of Parmalat's fake Cayman account

According to a Reuters report, Bank of America employees knew that Italian dairy foods group Parmalat had a $4.9 billion hole in its accounts a week before the news was made public, a judicial source said early this week... read more...

Caymanian of the Week - Carlton Peart

The wise words, 'Seek first to understand, then to be understood. The key to understanding is listening with your heart and your eyes,' is the motto that 23-year-old Carlton Peart lives by.  A part-time personal trainer and a part-time student at the Community College, this young man certainly keeps busy.  Carlton is due to graduate from his Business Administration course in July ... read more...

OTHER NEWS

• Building work starts at Cayman Prep
• Children's Centre gets new name
• CITA holds nominations
• Cook-off to tempt palates
• New MD for Institute of Legal Training
• Pageant contestants are getting ready to charm
• Primary school embraces ITALIC
• Schools Inspectorate survey focuses on technical and vocational education
• The Little Misses strut their stuff
• News about the Cayman Islands in the Foreign Press

EDITORIAL

• Cayman Still The Safest

LETTERS

• Gordon Barlow's status comments were out of line

COMMENTARY

• The Last Word: Not enough for kids to do? Give me a break! It is time to contribute!

SPORTS

• Cayman umpire is making good progress
• On The Cricket Pitch: Cricket Association should try to safeguard its image
• Sports Person of the Week - Crystal Ilg